#austinchanning

[stumblingoverchaos]

From my Do the Work journal. Collage, scraped acrylic paint, gel pen.

“Ultimately, the reason we have not yet told the truth about this history of Black and white in America is that telling an ordered history of this nation would mean finally naming America’s commitment to violet, abusive, exploitive, immoral white supremacy, which seeks the absolute control of Black bodies. It would mean doing something about it.” -Austin Channing Brown

[scribesandvibes]

#positivevibes / #protectblackwomanhood ✊🏾 #Repost @austinchanning ・・・ Your anger, frustration, pain is not the result of having been duped by the system. It’s your inherent dignity shouting, “I deserve better than this.” Be gentle with yourself today. -#AustinChanning ・・・ #vibewise: Despite the pain and despair, I'm here to tell #theBlackWoman #SHEDESERVES... #SHEDESERVEStofeelprotected, #SHEDESERVEStoberespected. #HERLIFEMATTERS And #SHEDESERVESmore... More than I can express in words. SHE DESERVES our #strengthinnumbers when the letter of the law translates to hate. When the confines of her home no longer feel safe, SHE DESERVES #spiritualhealing and #sacredspace. When the world ignores her #freedomcries, SHE DESERVES a Black Man that'll #speakhealing, #waterhersoul, and wipe the tearsP away from her beautiful face. #BYANYMEANSNECESSARY, #SHEDESERVESbetter... Better than this world could ever demonstrate. When ye pledge #BLACKLIVESMATTER, SHE DESERVES to know #BLACKWOMENMATTER... And for that matter, I am here to say #BlackWoman, #YOUDESERVE And #YOUMATTER. -Stevie #homage | SHE DESERVES https://www.instagram.com/p/CFj3_Wphgsv/?igshid=1iqbgyih8qjpk

[etymologyrules]

#EtymologyRules  #quote @austinchanning #austinchanningbrown #etymology #WordsMatter #CultivateYourMind

[toriwestonwriterartist]

This!!!! #Repost @austinchanning with @make_repost ・・・ I’m having a lot of mixed emotions right now. I hope Floyd’s family feels some sense of relief for sure. I’m also very aware of how many Black families didn’t get this verdict. I’m a little overwhelmed by all that it took to get this conviction- the tape, the unanimous witnesses determined not to be knocked off by the defense, the global protests, the 10 years leading up to this moment. I’m still afraid- I’m still afraid of police, still gonna teach my son what to do during a police encounter, still gonna be afraid my husband, father, myself could be next. But I’m also glad that police dont have the faintest reason to put in riot gear and terrorize Black communities. I think I ultimately feel unsettled still, because we don’t know what this verdict means yet. We don’t know if it will just be a moment.... or not. We still have a whole summer to go. https://www.instagram.com/p/CN5znrkh-Q2/?igshid=gfa89goi2pql

[thepracticeco]

ALL IS (NOT) WELL - Part 3 Anger is not a sin. Jesus was a human who expressed the full range of emotions. He cried, yelled, and lamented. He prayed, asked questions, and engaged arguments over scripture. He got down in the dust with people; he ate with outcasts and the socially unacceptable and the complicated. His blood boiled. Jesus got good and angry.* And there are things that we SHOULD get angry about it. If we don't, I have to wonder if our faith is even alive, if we're paying attention. The scripture tells us not to let our anger lead to sin - to disconnection. But it doesn't say we shouldn't be angry. In some instances, anger is what connects to the current realities being faced in our bodies, to our bodies, and to other bodies in the world - especially for people of colour. Anger done right leads to action, transformation, and amplification. It can be a catalyst for freedom fighters, truth seekers, and healers alike. And let's face it: life is complicated. Emotions can be complicated. The world is freaking complicated! If our "faith" leads us to sanitized, uncomplicated places, that do not make our blood turn and boil and zing, then it's not faith at all but rather a denial, a coping mechanism, a way to hide away from the real world and your true self. Anger is clarifying, and perhaps the more challenging side of it (looking at us white people) is when anger is directed to our person and the systems that we have supported and have supported us. Do we have the courage to let someone else's anger convict us, humble us, and lead us to truth? To our knees? To change? In her book, "I'm Still Here: Black Diginity in a World Made for Whiteness," (pg 123) @AustinChanningBrown wrote: "Anger is not inherently destructive. My anger can be a force for good. My anger can be creative and imaginative, seeing a better world that doesn't yet exist. It can fuel a righteous movement toward justice and freedom. I don't need to fear my own anger. I don't have to be afraid of myself. I am not mild-mannered. I am passionate and strong and clear-eyed and focused on continuing the legacy of proclaiming the human dignity of Black bodies. My anger didn't destroy me. It did not leave me alone and desolate. On the contrary, my anger undergirded my calling, my vocation. It gave me the courage to say hard things and to write like Black lives are on the line. It shouldn't have surprised me. I serve a God who experienced and expressed anger. One of the most meaningful passages of Scripture for me is found in the New Testament, where Jesus leads a one-man protest inside the Temple walls. Jesus shouts at the corrupt Temple officials, overturns furniture, sets animals free, blocks the doorways with his body, and carries a weapon—a whip—through the place. Jesus throws folks out the building, and in so doing creates space for the most marginalized to come in: the poor, the wounded, the children. I imagine the next day's newspapers called Jesus's anger destructive. But I think those without power would've said that his anger led to freedom—the freedom of belonging, the freedom of healing, and the freedom of participating as full members in God's house." All is not well. And anger is an appropriate and holy response to the injustice and tyranny at play in the world, especially for our BIPoC family and friends. . So dear friend, when anger comes in all or any of its forms, embrace it. It just might be what you need to wake up. Follow and Support Prompt: I read Austin's book a few years back when it first came out, and it is necessary and magnificent. I've subscribed to her newsletter and have been doing her homework, and it's challenging and again, necessary. She is generous and truthful. Follow her on the socials at @austinchanning and visit her website to buy her book and to avail yourself to her brilliance at austinchanning.com *Matthew 21 More tomorrow... DOWNLOAD OUR DEVOTIONAL AND WALLPAPER APP → https://ift.tt/2F8LfDE

[lilspydermunkey]

Thank you, @austinchanning, for putting it into words https://www.instagram.com/p/CFTJu3JDIwV/?igshid=iht2i0m3lj9l

[sophiaannecarusos]

sophiaannecaruso: wise words by @austinchanning

[brandonacox]

I favorited a tweet...

I swear this is the little book that could. Week two on the NYT Bestseller List 🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊 pic.twitter.com/Wefg5jzaJI

— Austin Channing Brown (@austinchanning) June 17, 2020

from http://twitter.com/austinchanning

[rememberebonyjanice]

[The link is in my bio.] Got to share 4 book recommendations with @glamourmag for places to begin educating yourself on race (and because I’m a blk woman (race and gender). Took time to appreciate @austinchanning’s “I’m Still Here” @professor_crunk’s “Eloquent Rage” #JoanMorgan’s “When Chickenheads Come Home To Roost” and #AngelaDavis “Women, Race, & Class.” . . . Shoutout to @erinhaveadream for using this platform to compiled this important list - especially focusing on black women’s contributions to this conversation. #TheFreePeopleProject (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBJMbqSpKaV/?igshid=1g8rempnb3eu5

[emilyaleea-blog]

It is so inspiring to see incredible smart women speak up for racial justice. Just watched the first episode of a video web series called The Next Question (@TNQshow)! I’m blown away—eager to get up and make a change. World, here we come!
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Thank you Austin Channing Brown (@austinchanning) for your incredible work and thank you Dr. Brené Brown (@BreneBrown) for sharing this and being my inspiration for many years.
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One of my favorite quotes in the first episode is by Austin Channing Brown (@austinchanning): “I’ve had to redefine what it means to make it. Does making it mean becoming the CEO? Or does making it mean producing my own shit?” 
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Nikole Hannah-Jones (‪@nhannahjones) also spoke a lot of powerful words. I enjoyed hearing her talk about the choice to conform or not to conform, while also giving validation to those who choose to conform. She said, “And other folks really want to get where they want to be, and so their choice is that they’re going to tone themselves down.” I’ve been the person who tones herself down and also been the person who speaks up. And in the past I’ve struggled with guilt for the times that I conformed. But both choices are acceptable and neither choice is something to feel shame about.‬
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I also love the words spoken by Chi Chi Okwu (@cokwu): “Being a black woman in America and just trying to exist as your full self is exhausting.” “Anytime we’re showing up, even if we are strong and we believe that ‘I know I’m supposed to be here’, there is still a little bit of work to fully show up.”
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Powerful messages from incredible women. I’m so grateful that these women have the courage to be vulnerable and are sharing their story and their wisdom with the world. https://www.instagram.com/p/B3h4UBNgUZt/?igshid=oiuwdkszqk1d

[stumblingoverchaos]

From my Do the Work journal. Collage, acrylic paint, gel plate printing, stencil, Posca paint pen.

“If now isn’t a good time for the truth, I don’t see when we’ll get to it.” -Nikki Giovanni via @austinchanning

[loaloa]

Reposted from @theconsciouskid - Important. Tweets by @austinchanning and @feministgriote. #colonization #slavery #blackhistory #immigrants #immigration #indigenous #Native #Blackhistorymonth #americanhistory - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/Btpf37DgoQk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1u5pne0se9ls6

[azspot]

For us, there is no *but*. His words. His rhetoric. His lack of concern. His promotion of violence. His reinforcement of fear and hatred has consequences. This shit has consequences.

Austin Channing Brown

[90sgirl]

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[thepracticeco]

ALL IS (NOT) WELL - Part 2 All is not well. You are allowed to say that. If the truth is what sets you free*, then you need to tell the truth. Let it bubble up. Let it come forth however it may. Lamenting is a holy practice. If you were brought up to believe that voicing your pain and trauma is an act in opposition to faith, I am so sorry. If you were brought up being made to feel like your pain and trauma was an inconvenience to those around you, I am so sorry. If your community and your government and those in powerful positions around you, or your family members and friends don't know how to handle your pain and trauma and suffering - if you feel silenced and stifled and ignored, I am sorry. Your pain is holy. And it needs to be heard. There is a rich tradition of raging & protest & lament & anguish & the physical manifestation of pain in the biblical text. The Psalms are filled with laments & questions & rage… Why God, why? is a oft the cry of its authors. "Wake up, O Lord! Why do you sleep? Get up! Do not reject us forever." Ps 44:23. "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far away when I groan for help?" Ps 22:1. "O Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever? How long will you look the other way?" Ps 13:1. Unfortunately, in faith circles today, especially in more evangelical settings, there is such pressure to turn your "pain to praise" without first letting grief have its way in your life. To be healed, grief needs to be felt, witnessed, honoured. It needs space to move and morph and shed itself into the new thing that grief does in a person. But pain is uncomfortable. We prefer our hope-filled platitude rhetoric over the severe space of grief. Hope-filled-platitudic rhetoric is a symptom of privilege and entitlement. And to shed ourselves of its weight, collectively and individually, we must face it. We must face the discomfort and grief of discovering our complicity and must avail ourselves to the truth of the pain and trauma experienced by others, listening with no agenda or defence. In her book, "I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness," (pg 116) @austinchanning said: "It's haunting. But it's also holy. And when we talk about race today, with all the pain packed into that conversation, the Holy Spirit remains in the room. This doesn't mean the conversations aren't painful, aren't personal, aren't charged with emotion. But it does mean we can survive. We can survive honest discussions about slavery, about convict leasing, about stolen land, deportation, discrimination, and exclusion. We can identify the harmful politics of gerrymandering, voter suppression, criminal justice laws, and policies that disproportionately affect people of color negatively. And we can expose the actions of white institutions—the history of segregation and white flight, the real impact of all-white leadership, the racial disparity in wages, and opportunities for advancement. We can lament and mourn. We can be livid and enraged. We can be honest. We can tell the truth. We can trust that the Holy Spirit is here. We must. For only by being truthful about how we got here can we begin to imagine another way." The first step towards wellness is to acknowledge that all is not well. Let's be truthful, and let's imagine another way to be together in the world. . Follow and Support Prompt: I read Austin's book a few years back when it first came out, and it is necessary and magnificent. I've subscribed to her newsletter and have been doing her homework, and it's challenging and again, necessary. She is generous and truthful. Follow her on the socials at @austinchanning and visit her website to buy her book and to avail yourself to her brilliance at austinchanning.com *John 8:31-32 DOWNLOAD OUR DEVOTIONAL AND WALLPAPER APP → https://ift.tt/2F8LfDE

[sydneyreising]

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